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Indiana farmer, 1878, v. 13, no. 33 (Aug. 17)

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Vol. xni.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AUGUST 17,18^8. %
No. 33.
FOB IALI.
•TJIOB SA_B OB TRAUE
lj 5 years old. For pr
jSixms, Nobleavllle, Ind.
A No.
•articulars
1 young Jack,
address A. if.
3
00,000 acres best farming lands in Wisconsin for
sale. Send for price and descriptive list 8. A.
YLOR, Dob'oston, Oconto Co., Wisconsin.
TJIOR SALE—Jersey Bull "Sir Boderlck" So.
Jj 1732; 3 yeans old; sure breeder and from a good
butter famJly. Price 1150 00. A. L. & W. C DAVIS,
Dublin, Ind.
FOB BALE—The Farm Begister and Account-
Book. Complete method of keeping farm ao-
._a. -_.._ - ■-^ each. AddressINDIANAFAE-
Book. Complete method of ki
counts. Price, tl.00 eacl
MEB CO., Indianapolis,
itO— BALE—The largest stock of salt calcined
Eons*
plaster, land plaster and cement. The only
bouse that keeps these goods always on hand, at
lowest prices. ANDBEW WALLACE, Indianapolis.
tj.O_ 8A.__-CHIC_EN3—Havini
sncceetfully
fsncceeHuuy
am prepared
to sell either Light or Dark Brahmas at 85.00 per
trio. E. G. BAGLEY, Sunny Hill Poultry Yards,
Indianapolis * -
i/li/H SAlaK—I have a flne lot of Poland-China
_D pigs now ready to ship, of undoubted purity,
representing the Black Tom of Bees famillee, at
reasonable prices. WILLT. EVANS, Bomney, Tippecanoe Co.. Ini.
FOK BALE—FARM ENGINES—Two good second-hand portable engines; also new engines,
separators, etc., of all sizes. Address ROBINSON
& CO., Proprietors Robinson Machine Works, Bichmond, Ind.
EOR SALE—A choice lot of Poland-China pigs,
now ready to ship; sired by my flne young
Perfection boar.and from as good s.ws as there are
ln the State. Also a first-class show sow; none
better. F. M. PITZEK. Kokomo, Ind.
I have over 200 fine, healthy chicks, ready for sale
now. Light and Dark Brahmas and Silver Duck
Wing Bantams at prices to snit the times. Send
stamp or postal for reply. Sunny Hill Poultry
Yards, Indianapolis. Office address: E G. BAGLEY,
19 South Delaware street.
EOR SALE—Two Le!cest"r rams odo year old
and eight Leicester ram lambs, boxed and
delivered at railroad station, at I'O each. BuU
calves, six to eighteen months old, the get of Star
Duke 2d 21.903 and Oakland Dnke 24.153 at (50 to
S76 each. J. T. WILLIAMSON & SON, 1 horntown,
Ind.
VAKI1D.
WANTED TO EXCHANGE—A trio of gocd
Dark Brahma fowlB, and a pair of Berkshire pigs for a quiet milch cow-. E. G. BAGLEY,
IndlanapoUs. .
WANTED- Good, reliable agents. Liberal Inducements and good territory offered. Call
or address INDUSTRIAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, 21
and 21 Hubbard's Block, Indianapolis. Bules and
By-laws sent free upon application.
MISC___AN-0_S.
c
C. BTJKGE8S, Dentist. Office in room 4, Va
c Jen's Exchange Block.N. Penn. St T-tf.
TO LOAN—Money to loan on improved farms.
J. H. HABDEBECK. 33 E_tMarkei. St, Ipdl-
anapolis.
MONEY TO LOAN-Sums ot »300Jo_S3.0qo_on
improved farms, BU
VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
improved farms. RCDDELL, WALCOTT &
WANTED—To trade new and second hand
farm and sprirg wagons, buggies or carriages for a pair of good work horses or mules.
G. H. SHOVES, 171E. Maiket street, Indianapolis.
CJTB—YED from the' undersigned on the 4th of
O Jnly laft, a dark bay horse l6 hands high, one
hind foot white, a little crippled ln the right fore
foct. A liberal reward will be given for return ot
horse at 78Ntwman St.. Indianapolis CC. Fbitschk.
plague. Bat we cannot quite agree with
Mr. H. that he ought to give it up so.
Preventives and remedies will be found
for those diseases in swine, that go by the
name of hog cholera, just as they have
been found to counteract similar diseases
in man. A good, careful breeder of experience, like our friend, should not give
up a profitable business which he has
learned by years of study and watchful
care, without thoroughly satisfying himself that the disease that has] just now
ruined his herd ia absolutely unpreven-
table and beyond the reach of medical
skill. This we think he cannot say. We
know of a herd near this city that was
attacked by the "cholera," in which the
lungs, heart and kidneys were affected in
different cases, and where fine animals
of all'ages were dying daily, which was
saved by the efforts of a competent medical man, in a few days. After he undertook the treatment of the herd, only one
hog was lost. In a short time all the sick
had recovered. He made a careful examination of each case, and prescribed for
each according to symptoms, and put
the entire herd on a change of diet and
under a course of preventive treatment.
We doubt very much if Mr. H. adopted
this course with -his hogs, and unless he
did so, we do not think he ia justified in
pronouncing the diseases of swine incurable, nnder skillful medical treatment.
It is nonsense to claim that any one remedy will cure all the diseased of swine,
tbat go by the name of hog cholera, but
there are specific remedies that will
reach each 'part affected by the blood
poison, if applied in due time, and there
ia a course of treatment, whicii will yet
be made known, for preventing the poison from generating in the system. Our
old and reliable swine breeders must not
become disheartened ,and abandon the
most profitable branch of the farming
business, to the inexperienced and unprincipled upstarts who would surely
step in to fill their places.
a » e ■
Hog Cholera Commission.
*J$g*8S
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THE HANLOVE NEIaF-OPENING GATE-Manufactured by J. _. ManloTe^BentonvllIe, Ind.
the' Hereford. There is no doubt that
had the Bhort-horn judges been of suffi-
FABM FOB BENT—152 acres; 110 in cnltivation,
balance blue grass pasture, lasting stock water,
good honse and barn, 200 apple and other small
fruit trees; nearly all black, rich loam, completely
underdrained, on a pike 2 miles east of Zionsville,
and 11 miles north of city. Want cash rent. M,
ABBUCKLE, 71 East Market street, Indianapolis.
A BEMEDY WELL TESTED—The Hog Cholera
is again beginning to prevail ln many localities. If farmers and hog-raisers will Bend me a 3c.
stamp, I will, by return of mail, send them a valuable document on the prevention and cure of the
disease. The information they will get from the
document will be valuable to them in dollars.
Address S. IC HOSHODB, Indianapolis, Ind eow
DECIDED BARGAINS to reduce om choice
breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all
-- ■ oulti
ages.
itry; flne
Also sheep, cattle, and fancy pou
new breeder's manual, elegantly illustrated and
giving fall description of the different breeds. Price
25 cents. Beed wheat; all the best varieties, grown
especially for seed. Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seeds for
the fall. Prickly Comfrey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts M.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mall.
Seed catalogue free. BENSON, BTJBFEE & CO.,
223 Church street, Philadelphia, Pa. * 88-ly
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STOOK NOTES.
An individual hailing from Clayton,
Hendricks county, has been selling a hog
cholera remedy to farmers in this, Marion,
county. So far as we have been able to
learn, the remedy has effected no cures,
nor has it prevented the spread of disease
among herds where it has been used. It
is evidently not an infallible preparation.
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Going Oat of the Business.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
Camden, August 7.
I wish to announce to the farmers and
the public in general, that I shall retire
from the hog breeding business. My
fine herd of Berkshires has been swept
away by the terrible scourge*'hog cholera"
(so called). The prevailing symptoms of
the disease is constipation. But one, so
far, has recovered. Some drop dead,
others linger four or five days before
dying. Every precaution necessary-to
their health was attended to, except dosing with nostrums. Those that I wes fitting up for the fairs died first. My loss
will amount to three hundred dollars and
upward. I shall risk but little money in
hogs hereafter. James Haslet.
We sympathize sincerely with friend
Haslet in his losses, and under the circumstances are not greatly surprised at
his determination. No one bi)t he who
has had the experience can realize the
discouragement' that overwhelms a
breeder at seeing his entire herd of thor-
| oughbred and carefully tended swine
•j suddenly swept away by a mysterious
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To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have noticed two items going the
rounds; one to the effect that Congress has
appropriated $10,000 for the purpose of
investigating -hog cholera and devising a
remedy therefor, and the second that the
United States Commissioner of Agriculture
has appointed a committee for that purpose.
Now, it seems to me that such an action
on the part of Congress was unwarranted
in the premises, because wholly unnecessary and not within its province. If Congress has constituted itself into a board of
sanatarists, why not apply their researches
to man as well as the much diseased ho^?
His diseases are truly as complicated and
as little understood, and in view of the
fact this pseudo investigation seems ridiculous, and it is, therefore, to be inferred
tbat either the hog has more representatives in Congress than man, or else this
whole scheme was lobbied through for
some one's especial benefit; and that this
latter is most probably the case the facts I
which I will subsequently state seem to
indicate.
The causes of this disease are sufficiently
well known to indicate the remedies required, and I am cognizant of at least one,
which if faithfully administered, wculd
greatly mitigate the ravages of this scourge.
In the first place it is well known to
scientific men that the disease is of scrofulous origin, and that scrofula has so long
run its course among swine as to make
itself almost inherent among the species,
spreading its concomitant evils not only
among swine, bnt also among men who
have partaken of their meat as food. Now,
during the process of feeding and the
heating which this over-stimulation of adipose tissues creates, the predisposition to
disease is greatly enhanced and tuberculous deposits are formed within
the lungs, or some other organ,
which in the lack of proper
sanitary^ conditions, or under the influence
of certain climatic changes, become impregnated, and the effervescence of disease
sets in till the organ affected is entirely
destroyed, rendering the hog ineurable. A
remedy with such anti strumous qualities
as will ward off the predisposition to this
condition, and thus prevent the appearance of the disease is the great desideratum,
and until breeders are educated to the necessity of giving a preventive, just so long
will they sufier from the ravages of the so-
called cholera; therefore, it would be just
aa sensible for Congress to appropriate a
large sum to investigate the cause of consumption and devise a remedyas to make
tie same provision for hog cholera.
But as a matter of fact is this commit-
mittee, which will be junketing, around
the country at the people's expense, more
capable of determining this question than
the thousands of scientific men who are
at present engaged in investigating the
subject? In my opinion the man whojbas
a remedy that will accomplish the desired
result, can be readily found without this
useless squandering of government money.
Furthermore, there are two circumstances
in connection with this matter, which, to
say the least, do not look favorable; first,
I am told that not a single member of this
committee is a regular veterinary surgeon;
surely in a case of this kind they should
be fully represented, and such flagrant
neglect is an insult to the profession. Second, at least one of the committee, Dr. Albert Dunlop. of.Iosvb,.-W ji„1—«^ho]erai
specific of his own which is now before'the
public, and which he has extensively advertised; therefore, I hold that this fact
renders him ineligible for such a position.
And, by the way, I remember that this
investigator was some time ago challenged through "your extensively read col-l
umns to a test of his specific by Dr. Haas,
I believe, who also has a specific. This
challenge, I understand, was never accepted, and until it is, it seems to me that
he is not a proper person to devise a remedy for this disease.
W. C. Cooper, M. D.
Indianapolis. -
ciently numerical strength, they would
•not only have prevented this Hereford
triumph, but also that which followed
when the best female hprned animal had
tb be decided upon, for it went sadly
against grain to award even such a heifer
as Mrs. Sarah Edwards' Leonora the
'championship over the Short-horn Diana; but it had to be done, and we think
there were few outsiders who were not
, thoroughly satisfied. These champion
s 1 Swards were an unquestionable streak of
; \%ixt for 'the fancy,' and we may depend
oi their not allowing such a thing to oo-
car again if they can possibly help it.
This, coming after Paris, is about as much
tut tbey will.be able to bear with, patience.
N\^-toQiU&b*a gliSi to scesweepstakesjudg-,
ife. pf, this kind occur more frequently."
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f--\ . Preventing Hog Cholera.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
State Hew*.
Sales of Short-horns.
Messrs. J. T. Williamson & Son, Thorntown, Ind., have sold since their last report Short-horns from the "Deer Lick
Herd" asfollows: The red cow Bed Bose
2d, calved, May 24, 1870 by Mad Eiver
Duke, 6982, and of Ked Bose, by Bed Jacket, 15,294, etc., to Oliver Gard, Middle
Fork, Ind. The red cow Princess Athol,
calved February 2, 1874, by Fairholme
Duke of Athol, 13,244, out of Princess
Maria, by Cambrian Prince, 6,507, etc.,
with red heifer calf at foot, by Oakland
Duke, 24,153, and red bull Zenor, calved
February 17, 1877, by Star Duke 2d, 24,-
903, out of Mabel 4th, by Excelsior 14,214
etc., to James Hague, Thorntown, Ind.
. j>We spoke in a recent number of the
importance of using preventives for the
diseases of swine that are now becoming
prevalent. Below we give the experience
oja writer in an exchange, on this subject:
("While the cholera has been prevalent
hi many neighborhoods, where preventives, such as copperas, turpentine, tar
and sulphur have been used, and the pastures frequently changed, the disease has
been generally controlled. My experience has been this: Before using turpentine and tar I lost, several times, nearly
:my entire stock of hogs; since I have
used these preventives, with sulphur,
copperas and ashes mixed with salt, I
have scarcely lost any, always checking
the cholera in a few days. Take the
usual feed of corn, shell it and put it into
aivessel, pouring turpentine enough to
thoroughly cover it; with a shovel take
the corn out and put it in a basket, draining the turpentine into the vessel again.
Continue the use of turpentine on corn
until it ac's freely on the kidneys, then
discontinue."
Herefords
and Short-Horns
Prize Ring.
in the
We make the following extract from
the report of "Mark Lane Express" on
the Herefords and Short-horns, as shown
at Bath and West of England show, at
Oxford, in June, 1878:
"One of the most attractive features of
the open judging was the awarding of the
Champion prizes given by the Oxfordshire
Agricultural Association, and a great
deal of interest centred in it. For the
best Short-horn animal in the yard the
award was given by the Short-horn
judges, of whom there were but two—Mr,
Drewry and Mr. Tindall—and the contest
was between Mr. Linton's Sir Arthur Ingram and Mr. Marshe's heifer, Diana,
and after some little time the bull took
the prize card. To our mind, the white
bull-calf, Prince Victor, was a better
Short-horn than either of them. He
would be a bold man who would stake
his reputation on a calf, as it may cot
realize the expectations formed of it, but
taking the animals aa they stood, Dimply
on merits actually possessed at the time,
we thought the calf the beat, nor were we
singular in that opinion. When the
whole conclave of judges came into the
ring to decide which was the best male
horned animal in the yard, and here the
Short-horn men were in a hopeless minority—cornered in a manner that does
not often happen in a showyard. In vain
Mr. Drewry contrasted the strong points
of Sir Arthur Ingram with the weak ones
of Mr. Roger*.' Hereford bull, Grateful; it
waa all to no purpose, the rest could noi
get away from the Hereford, whose wonderful rib and forehand was too much for
the Short-horn, and a show of hands
showed an overwhelming majority
*., Eggs for Colts.
Mr. Rowe Emery tells in the Maine Farmer how he raised a premium colt, after
weaning time as follows: ''I took him to
the stable Oct. 24,1877, and commenced to
give him grain. I gave him one quart
per day for the first month. I increased
his oats each month so that in March I was
giving him eight quarts per day. The
third month I commenced to give him six
eggs per day, two mixed with each feed.
He weighed, Oct. 24,1877, 300 lbs. This
morning, June 3,1878, he weighed 587 lbs.,
and stands 14 hands high. I took the eggs
away from him the first day of April, and
commenced to cut his oats down the first
of May. I am now giving him four quarts
of oats per day and all the grass he will
eafe I keep him in a room ten feet square,
cut his grass and give him halter exercise
twice a day, and I now think he is growing
faiter than ever before. He has consumed
froni October 24, 1877, to June 1, 1878,
32 j*:bushels of oats, 45 dozen eggs, 3 bushels bf potatoes and 1,200 pounds of hay."
Rattle Snake.—Will some one of
thi-many readers of the Fabmer please
ae ner through the same and tell where I
ca: get the full history of the Rattle snake?
f R. M. L.
■; telby Co., Aug. 5.
t R. L. M. keeps a file of the Fabmeb
he fhas a pretty complete history of the
smie he is interested in, written by our
regular contributor, Educator, if we are
noipnistaken, though we do not remember
•Hash number it appeared in. If he fails
to f|id the article referred to, we will pub-
li_|a sketch of the rattle snake for his
t in next number.—Eds.
persons afflicted with Kidnty Diseases,
Pai^in the Back, ahd all Urinary Disease**,
Diafctes, Gravel, Dropsy, or Nei voos Debility
sho-Jd at once take Hem's Remedy. Ali
| Disuses*of the Kidneys, Bladder and TJri-
for I narj Organs, are cured by Hcht's Bemedy.
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The hog cholera is reported very bad in Wabash county.
More building is being done in Ligonierthis
year than ever before.
An anti-horse-stealing association has been
organized In Rising Son. -
Kosciusko county is expecting to hold the
best fair in Northern Indiana. ,
I Bishop Chatard arrived at Vincennes'
on Saturday, and was given a formal reception.
It is expected that work on the narrow-gauge railroad will begin at Sullivan
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ivffiS^«_fo'_4S**i was-ified by* a cot-'
listen on the O. and M, .road, near North
Yemon, on the 10th inst.
William Wolfe, of SoHivaD, who murdered a farm hand nearly a year, ago, has
returned home and given hin_elf up to the
authorities.
Joseph Winesberger, a young man living
near Fowler, was kicked in the breast by a
horse a few days ago, from the effects of which
he has since died.
Harrison Vestal, of Shelby township, Jefferson ccunty, lost his right arm in a threshing
machine last week.
John Harris, a well known citizen and
teamster of Noblesville, while attending to his
team last Sunday, was kicked by his hone in
the abdomen'and fatally injured.
E. H. Wood, marshal of West Lebanon,
was struck by a train on the Wabash railroad, at that place, on the .llth instant,
and lost his left foot, and had his left arm dislocated.
Elder Jones, of Indianapolis, laid the corner-stone ofthe Colored Methodist Church, at
Greencastle, laat Sabbath.
_. man named Carr, owning 240 acres on
Walnut Level, near Richmond, has refused
$4,000 for the walnut timber on his land, because he would not know what to do with the
money if he had it.
A. gang of tramps, who threatened to
rob the telegraph operator at the Jjmction,
near Fort Wayne, on the 8th instant, were
arrested by the Fort Wayne police and sent
to jaiL
Thomaa Hardman, of Brook rille, fell
through a hatchway in J. W. Hutchinson _
Co.'s warehouse, at that place, on the 9th
instant, and seriously, if not fa* ally, injured
himself.
An eight-year-old son of J. Brumbath, of
Elkhart county, was fooling with a revolver,
when it was accidentally discharged, the ball
passing through the brain of the elder brother,
killing him instantly.
The banking house of Crim & Co., Anderson, was entered Saturday by two thieves,
and while one engaged the attention of the
cashier, the other stole five thousand dollars
in currency. Two men have been arrested on suspicion, but the one with the money
got away.
While the Fort Wayne fire department was
running to a fire, on the 8th inst., one of the
horse-carts upset and badly injured the driver
and demolished the cart. The horse was
slightly hurt.
Argus Dean, the famous fruit grower
of Clarke county, is shipping over one hundred bushels of peaches every day. He has
thirty men employed picking, packing and
shipping north.
A large barn, belonging to Osptain Martin
M. Green, about.one mile north of Patriot>
was burned Tuesday night. A large amonnt of
grain was lost; also, three horses.
Bamnel Beidler, a well-known citizen of
Waterloo, while intoxicated, lay on the
track of the Ft. W-, P. and fl, railroad, at that place, on the 7th inst, and went
to sleep. The freight train rsn orer him and
killed him instantly. The body was horribly
| mutilated.
Mr. Boom Cooper, a farmer living two
mileo south of Bedford, was severely injured
by a tree falling npon him on the evening of
the 10th in-st.
An effort is being made to organize a joint
stock company to rebuild the Rude agricultural implement shops and foundry ln
connection therewith, at Liberty, on a basis of
$60,000.
John Griffith, of DeKalb connty, gotdnmk
at Kendallville, and lay down and went fo
sleep on the railroad track. Six or seven
trains passed down that way, and there waa
scarcely enough John left for the coroner's
jury to set on.
Within a few days past coal traffic haa
Improved greatly. The fear of a strike
among the miners in Clay county is urging
the dealers to stocking np with block coal before trouble begins.
Jacob Strenman, a farmer, living In the
western part of Noble township, Cass county,
was fa! ally gond by a bull on the 7th inst.
The beast gored him, and trampled him in the
dust with his feet.
A man giving his name as Charles Doherty,
was thrown from the train near Fort Wayne,
on the 7th inst., by the conductor, while
trying to steal a ride. He suffered a broken
arm.
.A man by the name of Marion Conway,
living near Marysville, jumped firom the care
at that point, on the 8th inst., while the train.
was nnder full headway, sustaining injuries
fiom which he will die.
Mr. and Mrs. J, M. Sutton, operators' In
the Michigan Central ifflce at Battle Creek,
Michigan, were sailing on Lake Goquao, near
8tillwell, with some other friends, on the 8th
instant. By the mismanagement of the sails
the beat capsized, drowning Mr. and Mra.
Sutton.
The bain of O. O. Heizer, dairyman, livjng
I three miles east of this city on the National
I road, vas burned on the 8th instant.
Four horses, occupying a .portion of the
stable, were burned to-Jeath. Loss, one thousand dollars.
Knthville has become one of the most im-
portant shipping points on the C, H. acd
D. railroad line. For a month past fifteen
to twenty cars bave been loaded per day
there with grain for Cincinnati and other Eastern cities.
Jonathan Pickering, a farmer of Henry
county, started his team with a heavy load of
flax, not noticing that his little five-year-old
daughter had climbed upon the wheel. The
child was crushed in the middle by the heavy
wheel and instantly killed.
John McMillan, a Veedersburg boy, while
sitting in a chair at home last Sunday, startled
the family by saying, "Well, father, I am going to die." He immediately laid down on
the floor, and died before anything could be
done for him. He had not complained of being ill, and was apparently in good health at
the time.
Two little beys, aged seven and five yea»,
sons of Fred. D. Yost, of Mishawaka, while
playing, fell into the creek. Fearing awhip-
ping if they wentTiome wet, they lay down
on the railroad track to dry, and fell asleep.
The express train came dashing along and
struck them. One will die, but the other will
recover.
A vicious sow, the property of Levi Rutherford, a farmer residing near Rushville, attacked his little two-year-old child, Monday evening, and before it could be rescued the brute
had inflicted terrible wounds upon diilerent
parts of the body. The right arm was broken
in two places, and the flesh stripped irom the
limb in shreds.
Oar Coin Balance.
Curing the past month the premium on
gold has been virtually at a standstill, and
no good reason exists why it should not
disappear. It is as easy for the Government to resume specie payment now as on
January '1 next, the time fixed by law for
the official act. Resumption is indeed accomplished, despite the formality of law.
There are in the Treasury $161,343,914 in
gold coin, and $1P,4-VJ,320 in gold notes,
charged against coin on hand in the regular debt statements. Besides this there
are i0,G99,439 in gold bullion, or in all
$186,912,673, of which $167,443,353 are in
actual gold, and the silver available for
resumption amounts to $19,915,678. The
Treasury therefore holds in coin and bullion $206,828,351, and the specie reserve is
really over 40 per cent., which has been
thought ample in Great Britain. Our financial position is therefore reassuring,
and this is not less patent in the fact that
our foreign indebtedness has become reduced by more than two hundred and
twenty millions of dollars within the
last five years.—American MaU.
Cbab Apples.—Make a syrup, allowing
the same weight of fc^gar as apples. Let
it cool, then put in the apples, a few at a
time so as to avoid crowding and breaking. Boil until they begin to break then
take them out of the kettle. Boil the
syrup in the course of three or four days
and turn it while hot upon the apples,
and this continue to do at intervals of
two or three days until the apples appear
to be thoroughly preserved.
The contracts for furnishing station ery to the 'W
next House of Repreeentati vts have just been
awarded, amounting in the aggregate to about^
$60,000.
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Vol. xni.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AUGUST 17,18^8. %
No. 33.
FOB IALI.
•TJIOB SA_B OB TRAUE
lj 5 years old. For pr
jSixms, Nobleavllle, Ind.
A No.
•articulars
1 young Jack,
address A. if.
3
00,000 acres best farming lands in Wisconsin for
sale. Send for price and descriptive list 8. A.
YLOR, Dob'oston, Oconto Co., Wisconsin.
TJIOR SALE—Jersey Bull "Sir Boderlck" So.
Jj 1732; 3 yeans old; sure breeder and from a good
butter famJly. Price 1150 00. A. L. & W. C DAVIS,
Dublin, Ind.
FOB BALE—The Farm Begister and Account-
Book. Complete method of keeping farm ao-
._a. -_.._ - ■-^ each. AddressINDIANAFAE-
Book. Complete method of ki
counts. Price, tl.00 eacl
MEB CO., Indianapolis,
itO— BALE—The largest stock of salt calcined
Eons*
plaster, land plaster and cement. The only
bouse that keeps these goods always on hand, at
lowest prices. ANDBEW WALLACE, Indianapolis.
tj.O_ 8A.__-CHIC_EN3—Havini
sncceetfully
fsncceeHuuy
am prepared
to sell either Light or Dark Brahmas at 85.00 per
trio. E. G. BAGLEY, Sunny Hill Poultry Yards,
Indianapolis * -
i/li/H SAlaK—I have a flne lot of Poland-China
_D pigs now ready to ship, of undoubted purity,
representing the Black Tom of Bees famillee, at
reasonable prices. WILLT. EVANS, Bomney, Tippecanoe Co.. Ini.
FOK BALE—FARM ENGINES—Two good second-hand portable engines; also new engines,
separators, etc., of all sizes. Address ROBINSON
& CO., Proprietors Robinson Machine Works, Bichmond, Ind.
EOR SALE—A choice lot of Poland-China pigs,
now ready to ship; sired by my flne young
Perfection boar.and from as good s.ws as there are
ln the State. Also a first-class show sow; none
better. F. M. PITZEK. Kokomo, Ind.
I have over 200 fine, healthy chicks, ready for sale
now. Light and Dark Brahmas and Silver Duck
Wing Bantams at prices to snit the times. Send
stamp or postal for reply. Sunny Hill Poultry
Yards, Indianapolis. Office address: E G. BAGLEY,
19 South Delaware street.
EOR SALE—Two Le!cest"r rams odo year old
and eight Leicester ram lambs, boxed and
delivered at railroad station, at I'O each. BuU
calves, six to eighteen months old, the get of Star
Duke 2d 21.903 and Oakland Dnke 24.153 at (50 to
S76 each. J. T. WILLIAMSON & SON, 1 horntown,
Ind.
VAKI1D.
WANTED TO EXCHANGE—A trio of gocd
Dark Brahma fowlB, and a pair of Berkshire pigs for a quiet milch cow-. E. G. BAGLEY,
IndlanapoUs. .
WANTED- Good, reliable agents. Liberal Inducements and good territory offered. Call
or address INDUSTRIAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, 21
and 21 Hubbard's Block, Indianapolis. Bules and
By-laws sent free upon application.
MISC___AN-0_S.
c
C. BTJKGE8S, Dentist. Office in room 4, Va
c Jen's Exchange Block.N. Penn. St T-tf.
TO LOAN—Money to loan on improved farms.
J. H. HABDEBECK. 33 E_tMarkei. St, Ipdl-
anapolis.
MONEY TO LOAN-Sums ot »300Jo_S3.0qo_on
improved farms, BU
VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
improved farms. RCDDELL, WALCOTT &
WANTED—To trade new and second hand
farm and sprirg wagons, buggies or carriages for a pair of good work horses or mules.
G. H. SHOVES, 171E. Maiket street, Indianapolis.
CJTB—YED from the' undersigned on the 4th of
O Jnly laft, a dark bay horse l6 hands high, one
hind foot white, a little crippled ln the right fore
foct. A liberal reward will be given for return ot
horse at 78Ntwman St.. Indianapolis CC. Fbitschk.
plague. Bat we cannot quite agree with
Mr. H. that he ought to give it up so.
Preventives and remedies will be found
for those diseases in swine, that go by the
name of hog cholera, just as they have
been found to counteract similar diseases
in man. A good, careful breeder of experience, like our friend, should not give
up a profitable business which he has
learned by years of study and watchful
care, without thoroughly satisfying himself that the disease that has] just now
ruined his herd ia absolutely unpreven-
table and beyond the reach of medical
skill. This we think he cannot say. We
know of a herd near this city that was
attacked by the "cholera," in which the
lungs, heart and kidneys were affected in
different cases, and where fine animals
of all'ages were dying daily, which was
saved by the efforts of a competent medical man, in a few days. After he undertook the treatment of the herd, only one
hog was lost. In a short time all the sick
had recovered. He made a careful examination of each case, and prescribed for
each according to symptoms, and put
the entire herd on a change of diet and
under a course of preventive treatment.
We doubt very much if Mr. H. adopted
this course with -his hogs, and unless he
did so, we do not think he ia justified in
pronouncing the diseases of swine incurable, nnder skillful medical treatment.
It is nonsense to claim that any one remedy will cure all the diseased of swine,
tbat go by the name of hog cholera, but
there are specific remedies that will
reach each 'part affected by the blood
poison, if applied in due time, and there
ia a course of treatment, whicii will yet
be made known, for preventing the poison from generating in the system. Our
old and reliable swine breeders must not
become disheartened ,and abandon the
most profitable branch of the farming
business, to the inexperienced and unprincipled upstarts who would surely
step in to fill their places.
a » e ■
Hog Cholera Commission.
*J$g*8S
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THE HANLOVE NEIaF-OPENING GATE-Manufactured by J. _. ManloTe^BentonvllIe, Ind.
the' Hereford. There is no doubt that
had the Bhort-horn judges been of suffi-
FABM FOB BENT—152 acres; 110 in cnltivation,
balance blue grass pasture, lasting stock water,
good honse and barn, 200 apple and other small
fruit trees; nearly all black, rich loam, completely
underdrained, on a pike 2 miles east of Zionsville,
and 11 miles north of city. Want cash rent. M,
ABBUCKLE, 71 East Market street, Indianapolis.
A BEMEDY WELL TESTED—The Hog Cholera
is again beginning to prevail ln many localities. If farmers and hog-raisers will Bend me a 3c.
stamp, I will, by return of mail, send them a valuable document on the prevention and cure of the
disease. The information they will get from the
document will be valuable to them in dollars.
Address S. IC HOSHODB, Indianapolis, Ind eow
DECIDED BARGAINS to reduce om choice
breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all
-- ■ oulti
ages.
itry; flne
Also sheep, cattle, and fancy pou
new breeder's manual, elegantly illustrated and
giving fall description of the different breeds. Price
25 cents. Beed wheat; all the best varieties, grown
especially for seed. Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seeds for
the fall. Prickly Comfrey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts M.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mall.
Seed catalogue free. BENSON, BTJBFEE & CO.,
223 Church street, Philadelphia, Pa. * 88-ly
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STOOK NOTES.
An individual hailing from Clayton,
Hendricks county, has been selling a hog
cholera remedy to farmers in this, Marion,
county. So far as we have been able to
learn, the remedy has effected no cures,
nor has it prevented the spread of disease
among herds where it has been used. It
is evidently not an infallible preparation.
. * • >
Going Oat of the Business.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
Camden, August 7.
I wish to announce to the farmers and
the public in general, that I shall retire
from the hog breeding business. My
fine herd of Berkshires has been swept
away by the terrible scourge*'hog cholera"
(so called). The prevailing symptoms of
the disease is constipation. But one, so
far, has recovered. Some drop dead,
others linger four or five days before
dying. Every precaution necessary-to
their health was attended to, except dosing with nostrums. Those that I wes fitting up for the fairs died first. My loss
will amount to three hundred dollars and
upward. I shall risk but little money in
hogs hereafter. James Haslet.
We sympathize sincerely with friend
Haslet in his losses, and under the circumstances are not greatly surprised at
his determination. No one bi)t he who
has had the experience can realize the
discouragement' that overwhelms a
breeder at seeing his entire herd of thor-
| oughbred and carefully tended swine
•j suddenly swept away by a mysterious
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To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have noticed two items going the
rounds; one to the effect that Congress has
appropriated $10,000 for the purpose of
investigating -hog cholera and devising a
remedy therefor, and the second that the
United States Commissioner of Agriculture
has appointed a committee for that purpose.
Now, it seems to me that such an action
on the part of Congress was unwarranted
in the premises, because wholly unnecessary and not within its province. If Congress has constituted itself into a board of
sanatarists, why not apply their researches
to man as well as the much diseased ho^?
His diseases are truly as complicated and
as little understood, and in view of the
fact this pseudo investigation seems ridiculous, and it is, therefore, to be inferred
tbat either the hog has more representatives in Congress than man, or else this
whole scheme was lobbied through for
some one's especial benefit; and that this
latter is most probably the case the facts I
which I will subsequently state seem to
indicate.
The causes of this disease are sufficiently
well known to indicate the remedies required, and I am cognizant of at least one,
which if faithfully administered, wculd
greatly mitigate the ravages of this scourge.
In the first place it is well known to
scientific men that the disease is of scrofulous origin, and that scrofula has so long
run its course among swine as to make
itself almost inherent among the species,
spreading its concomitant evils not only
among swine, bnt also among men who
have partaken of their meat as food. Now,
during the process of feeding and the
heating which this over-stimulation of adipose tissues creates, the predisposition to
disease is greatly enhanced and tuberculous deposits are formed within
the lungs, or some other organ,
which in the lack of proper
sanitary^ conditions, or under the influence
of certain climatic changes, become impregnated, and the effervescence of disease
sets in till the organ affected is entirely
destroyed, rendering the hog ineurable. A
remedy with such anti strumous qualities
as will ward off the predisposition to this
condition, and thus prevent the appearance of the disease is the great desideratum,
and until breeders are educated to the necessity of giving a preventive, just so long
will they sufier from the ravages of the so-
called cholera; therefore, it would be just
aa sensible for Congress to appropriate a
large sum to investigate the cause of consumption and devise a remedyas to make
tie same provision for hog cholera.
But as a matter of fact is this commit-
mittee, which will be junketing, around
the country at the people's expense, more
capable of determining this question than
the thousands of scientific men who are
at present engaged in investigating the
subject? In my opinion the man whojbas
a remedy that will accomplish the desired
result, can be readily found without this
useless squandering of government money.
Furthermore, there are two circumstances
in connection with this matter, which, to
say the least, do not look favorable; first,
I am told that not a single member of this
committee is a regular veterinary surgeon;
surely in a case of this kind they should
be fully represented, and such flagrant
neglect is an insult to the profession. Second, at least one of the committee, Dr. Albert Dunlop. of.Iosvb,.-W ji„1—«^ho]erai
specific of his own which is now before'the
public, and which he has extensively advertised; therefore, I hold that this fact
renders him ineligible for such a position.
And, by the way, I remember that this
investigator was some time ago challenged through "your extensively read col-l
umns to a test of his specific by Dr. Haas,
I believe, who also has a specific. This
challenge, I understand, was never accepted, and until it is, it seems to me that
he is not a proper person to devise a remedy for this disease.
W. C. Cooper, M. D.
Indianapolis. -
ciently numerical strength, they would
•not only have prevented this Hereford
triumph, but also that which followed
when the best female hprned animal had
tb be decided upon, for it went sadly
against grain to award even such a heifer
as Mrs. Sarah Edwards' Leonora the
'championship over the Short-horn Diana; but it had to be done, and we think
there were few outsiders who were not
, thoroughly satisfied. These champion
s 1 Swards were an unquestionable streak of
; \%ixt for 'the fancy,' and we may depend
oi their not allowing such a thing to oo-
car again if they can possibly help it.
This, coming after Paris, is about as much
tut tbey will.be able to bear with, patience.
N\^-toQiU&b*a gliSi to scesweepstakesjudg-,
ife. pf, this kind occur more frequently."
'4$\-:'A^ ,:-..>. * • *■»'» . : *.-:
f--\ . Preventing Hog Cholera.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
State Hew*.
Sales of Short-horns.
Messrs. J. T. Williamson & Son, Thorntown, Ind., have sold since their last report Short-horns from the "Deer Lick
Herd" asfollows: The red cow Bed Bose
2d, calved, May 24, 1870 by Mad Eiver
Duke, 6982, and of Ked Bose, by Bed Jacket, 15,294, etc., to Oliver Gard, Middle
Fork, Ind. The red cow Princess Athol,
calved February 2, 1874, by Fairholme
Duke of Athol, 13,244, out of Princess
Maria, by Cambrian Prince, 6,507, etc.,
with red heifer calf at foot, by Oakland
Duke, 24,153, and red bull Zenor, calved
February 17, 1877, by Star Duke 2d, 24,-
903, out of Mabel 4th, by Excelsior 14,214
etc., to James Hague, Thorntown, Ind.
. j>We spoke in a recent number of the
importance of using preventives for the
diseases of swine that are now becoming
prevalent. Below we give the experience
oja writer in an exchange, on this subject:
("While the cholera has been prevalent
hi many neighborhoods, where preventives, such as copperas, turpentine, tar
and sulphur have been used, and the pastures frequently changed, the disease has
been generally controlled. My experience has been this: Before using turpentine and tar I lost, several times, nearly
:my entire stock of hogs; since I have
used these preventives, with sulphur,
copperas and ashes mixed with salt, I
have scarcely lost any, always checking
the cholera in a few days. Take the
usual feed of corn, shell it and put it into
aivessel, pouring turpentine enough to
thoroughly cover it; with a shovel take
the corn out and put it in a basket, draining the turpentine into the vessel again.
Continue the use of turpentine on corn
until it ac's freely on the kidneys, then
discontinue."
Herefords
and Short-Horns
Prize Ring.
in the
We make the following extract from
the report of "Mark Lane Express" on
the Herefords and Short-horns, as shown
at Bath and West of England show, at
Oxford, in June, 1878:
"One of the most attractive features of
the open judging was the awarding of the
Champion prizes given by the Oxfordshire
Agricultural Association, and a great
deal of interest centred in it. For the
best Short-horn animal in the yard the
award was given by the Short-horn
judges, of whom there were but two—Mr,
Drewry and Mr. Tindall—and the contest
was between Mr. Linton's Sir Arthur Ingram and Mr. Marshe's heifer, Diana,
and after some little time the bull took
the prize card. To our mind, the white
bull-calf, Prince Victor, was a better
Short-horn than either of them. He
would be a bold man who would stake
his reputation on a calf, as it may cot
realize the expectations formed of it, but
taking the animals aa they stood, Dimply
on merits actually possessed at the time,
we thought the calf the beat, nor were we
singular in that opinion. When the
whole conclave of judges came into the
ring to decide which was the best male
horned animal in the yard, and here the
Short-horn men were in a hopeless minority—cornered in a manner that does
not often happen in a showyard. In vain
Mr. Drewry contrasted the strong points
of Sir Arthur Ingram with the weak ones
of Mr. Roger*.' Hereford bull, Grateful; it
waa all to no purpose, the rest could noi
get away from the Hereford, whose wonderful rib and forehand was too much for
the Short-horn, and a show of hands
showed an overwhelming majority
*., Eggs for Colts.
Mr. Rowe Emery tells in the Maine Farmer how he raised a premium colt, after
weaning time as follows: ''I took him to
the stable Oct. 24,1877, and commenced to
give him grain. I gave him one quart
per day for the first month. I increased
his oats each month so that in March I was
giving him eight quarts per day. The
third month I commenced to give him six
eggs per day, two mixed with each feed.
He weighed, Oct. 24,1877, 300 lbs. This
morning, June 3,1878, he weighed 587 lbs.,
and stands 14 hands high. I took the eggs
away from him the first day of April, and
commenced to cut his oats down the first
of May. I am now giving him four quarts
of oats per day and all the grass he will
eafe I keep him in a room ten feet square,
cut his grass and give him halter exercise
twice a day, and I now think he is growing
faiter than ever before. He has consumed
froni October 24, 1877, to June 1, 1878,
32 j*:bushels of oats, 45 dozen eggs, 3 bushels bf potatoes and 1,200 pounds of hay."
Rattle Snake.—Will some one of
thi-many readers of the Fabmer please
ae ner through the same and tell where I
ca: get the full history of the Rattle snake?
f R. M. L.
■; telby Co., Aug. 5.
t R. L. M. keeps a file of the Fabmeb
he fhas a pretty complete history of the
smie he is interested in, written by our
regular contributor, Educator, if we are
noipnistaken, though we do not remember
•Hash number it appeared in. If he fails
to f|id the article referred to, we will pub-
li_|a sketch of the rattle snake for his
t in next number.—Eds.
persons afflicted with Kidnty Diseases,
Pai^in the Back, ahd all Urinary Disease**,
Diafctes, Gravel, Dropsy, or Nei voos Debility
sho-Jd at once take Hem's Remedy. Ali
| Disuses*of the Kidneys, Bladder and TJri-
for I narj Organs, are cured by Hcht's Bemedy.
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The hog cholera is reported very bad in Wabash county.
More building is being done in Ligonierthis
year than ever before.
An anti-horse-stealing association has been
organized In Rising Son. -
Kosciusko county is expecting to hold the
best fair in Northern Indiana. ,
I Bishop Chatard arrived at Vincennes'
on Saturday, and was given a formal reception.
It is expected that work on the narrow-gauge railroad will begin at Sullivan
•SOOn/: - - t ■'; __ • ■ '^- ' 'I. •.,.-.*..
ivffiS^«_fo'_4S**i was-ified by* a cot-'
listen on the O. and M, .road, near North
Yemon, on the 10th inst.
William Wolfe, of SoHivaD, who murdered a farm hand nearly a year, ago, has
returned home and given hin_elf up to the
authorities.
Joseph Winesberger, a young man living
near Fowler, was kicked in the breast by a
horse a few days ago, from the effects of which
he has since died.
Harrison Vestal, of Shelby township, Jefferson ccunty, lost his right arm in a threshing
machine last week.
John Harris, a well known citizen and
teamster of Noblesville, while attending to his
team last Sunday, was kicked by his hone in
the abdomen'and fatally injured.
E. H. Wood, marshal of West Lebanon,
was struck by a train on the Wabash railroad, at that place, on the .llth instant,
and lost his left foot, and had his left arm dislocated.
Elder Jones, of Indianapolis, laid the corner-stone ofthe Colored Methodist Church, at
Greencastle, laat Sabbath.
_. man named Carr, owning 240 acres on
Walnut Level, near Richmond, has refused
$4,000 for the walnut timber on his land, because he would not know what to do with the
money if he had it.
A. gang of tramps, who threatened to
rob the telegraph operator at the Jjmction,
near Fort Wayne, on the 8th instant, were
arrested by the Fort Wayne police and sent
to jaiL
Thomaa Hardman, of Brook rille, fell
through a hatchway in J. W. Hutchinson _
Co.'s warehouse, at that place, on the 9th
instant, and seriously, if not fa* ally, injured
himself.
An eight-year-old son of J. Brumbath, of
Elkhart county, was fooling with a revolver,
when it was accidentally discharged, the ball
passing through the brain of the elder brother,
killing him instantly.
The banking house of Crim & Co., Anderson, was entered Saturday by two thieves,
and while one engaged the attention of the
cashier, the other stole five thousand dollars
in currency. Two men have been arrested on suspicion, but the one with the money
got away.
While the Fort Wayne fire department was
running to a fire, on the 8th inst., one of the
horse-carts upset and badly injured the driver
and demolished the cart. The horse was
slightly hurt.
Argus Dean, the famous fruit grower
of Clarke county, is shipping over one hundred bushels of peaches every day. He has
thirty men employed picking, packing and
shipping north.
A large barn, belonging to Osptain Martin
M. Green, about.one mile north of Patriot>
was burned Tuesday night. A large amonnt of
grain was lost; also, three horses.
Bamnel Beidler, a well-known citizen of
Waterloo, while intoxicated, lay on the
track of the Ft. W-, P. and fl, railroad, at that place, on the 7th inst, and went
to sleep. The freight train rsn orer him and
killed him instantly. The body was horribly
| mutilated.
Mr. Boom Cooper, a farmer living two
mileo south of Bedford, was severely injured
by a tree falling npon him on the evening of
the 10th in-st.
An effort is being made to organize a joint
stock company to rebuild the Rude agricultural implement shops and foundry ln
connection therewith, at Liberty, on a basis of
$60,000.
John Griffith, of DeKalb connty, gotdnmk
at Kendallville, and lay down and went fo
sleep on the railroad track. Six or seven
trains passed down that way, and there waa
scarcely enough John left for the coroner's
jury to set on.
Within a few days past coal traffic haa
Improved greatly. The fear of a strike
among the miners in Clay county is urging
the dealers to stocking np with block coal before trouble begins.
Jacob Strenman, a farmer, living In the
western part of Noble township, Cass county,
was fa! ally gond by a bull on the 7th inst.
The beast gored him, and trampled him in the
dust with his feet.
A man giving his name as Charles Doherty,
was thrown from the train near Fort Wayne,
on the 7th inst., by the conductor, while
trying to steal a ride. He suffered a broken
arm.
.A man by the name of Marion Conway,
living near Marysville, jumped firom the care
at that point, on the 8th inst., while the train.
was nnder full headway, sustaining injuries
fiom which he will die.
Mr. and Mrs. J, M. Sutton, operators' In
the Michigan Central ifflce at Battle Creek,
Michigan, were sailing on Lake Goquao, near
8tillwell, with some other friends, on the 8th
instant. By the mismanagement of the sails
the beat capsized, drowning Mr. and Mra.
Sutton.
The bain of O. O. Heizer, dairyman, livjng
I three miles east of this city on the National
I road, vas burned on the 8th instant.
Four horses, occupying a .portion of the
stable, were burned to-Jeath. Loss, one thousand dollars.
Knthville has become one of the most im-
portant shipping points on the C, H. acd
D. railroad line. For a month past fifteen
to twenty cars bave been loaded per day
there with grain for Cincinnati and other Eastern cities.
Jonathan Pickering, a farmer of Henry
county, started his team with a heavy load of
flax, not noticing that his little five-year-old
daughter had climbed upon the wheel. The
child was crushed in the middle by the heavy
wheel and instantly killed.
John McMillan, a Veedersburg boy, while
sitting in a chair at home last Sunday, startled
the family by saying, "Well, father, I am going to die." He immediately laid down on
the floor, and died before anything could be
done for him. He had not complained of being ill, and was apparently in good health at
the time.
Two little beys, aged seven and five yea»,
sons of Fred. D. Yost, of Mishawaka, while
playing, fell into the creek. Fearing awhip-
ping if they wentTiome wet, they lay down
on the railroad track to dry, and fell asleep.
The express train came dashing along and
struck them. One will die, but the other will
recover.
A vicious sow, the property of Levi Rutherford, a farmer residing near Rushville, attacked his little two-year-old child, Monday evening, and before it could be rescued the brute
had inflicted terrible wounds upon diilerent
parts of the body. The right arm was broken
in two places, and the flesh stripped irom the
limb in shreds.
Oar Coin Balance.
Curing the past month the premium on
gold has been virtually at a standstill, and
no good reason exists why it should not
disappear. It is as easy for the Government to resume specie payment now as on
January '1 next, the time fixed by law for
the official act. Resumption is indeed accomplished, despite the formality of law.
There are in the Treasury $161,343,914 in
gold coin, and $1P,4-VJ,320 in gold notes,
charged against coin on hand in the regular debt statements. Besides this there
are i0,G99,439 in gold bullion, or in all
$186,912,673, of which $167,443,353 are in
actual gold, and the silver available for
resumption amounts to $19,915,678. The
Treasury therefore holds in coin and bullion $206,828,351, and the specie reserve is
really over 40 per cent., which has been
thought ample in Great Britain. Our financial position is therefore reassuring,
and this is not less patent in the fact that
our foreign indebtedness has become reduced by more than two hundred and
twenty millions of dollars within the
last five years.—American MaU.
Cbab Apples.—Make a syrup, allowing
the same weight of fc^gar as apples. Let
it cool, then put in the apples, a few at a
time so as to avoid crowding and breaking. Boil until they begin to break then
take them out of the kettle. Boil the
syrup in the course of three or four days
and turn it while hot upon the apples,
and this continue to do at intervals of
two or three days until the apples appear
to be thoroughly preserved.
The contracts for furnishing station ery to the 'W
next House of Repreeentati vts have just been
awarded, amounting in the aggregate to about^
$60,000.
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